140P/Bowell-Skiff (1999)

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Updated on May 5, 2012

Profile Designation 140P/1998 X2 Rediscovery Date December 14, 1998 Magnitude 18.8 mag Rediscoverer G. V. Williams, Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research project Pictures

Orbital Elements Epoch 1999 May 22.0 TT = JDT 2451320.5 T 1999 May 14.81131 TT MPC q 1.9718777 (2000.0) P Q n 0.06091360 Peri. 173.09491 -0.91743568 -0.39742734 a 6.3972482 Node 343.44807 +0.36177738 -0.81328396 e 0.6917616 Incl. 3.83623 +0.16561675 -0.42499495 P 16.2 From 121 observations 1983 Mar. 9-1999 May 8, mean residual 0".9.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 7.4 + 5 log d + 23 log r

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2012-J16. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.2.0 for Windows (AstroArts / ASCII). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.